A singer and a baseball player.

A song about a play, crime, and football.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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A song about drugs, a park, and a notebook.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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It was a huge project. But was it what the musicians wanted?

About The Origin of Things

A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!

Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 

Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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He served tea. Now his music’s being served. Many, many times.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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You’ve heard this song and sung it in college. But what does it even mean? 
The unlikely connect a 90s hit has with Indian music.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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Two stories, 26 years apart. With one powerful connection.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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Two stories, 26 years apart. With one powerful connection.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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He went to a pub in need of a drink. He got served inspiration instead.

Special thanks to James Bell for help with this episode.
(twitter.com/jamesbellcentrl)

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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From the most unlikely of places, comes the most enduring of love stories. 

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

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One was moved by planets.
Another made moving pictures.
Together, they would change rock history.

About The Origin of Things
A short-format podcast where I give you the origins, the backstories - slightly dramatized but 100% true - of things that you know, love, and use. I reveal what I’m talking about only at the very end keeping you, the listener, guessing - or so I hope. In the past two seasons, I’ve done the origins of 50 brands. This season, we look at the origin of some of the greatest songs of all time. 

I’m your host, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, also known as Chuck. Say hello!
Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal 
Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades
Email: chuck@chuckofalltrades.in

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.